Right precordial and posterior electrocardiographic leads do not increase detection of ischemia in low-risk patients presenting with chest pain

Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-103

  Ganim, Rick P ^a   Lewis, William R ^a   Diercks, Deborah B ^a   Kirk, Douglas ^a   Sabapathy, Rajendran ^a   Baker, Larry ^a   Amsterdam, Ezra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional leads; Electrocardiogram; Ischemia, myocardial; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

TROPONIN;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SERUM; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; CHEST PAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA;

EID: 4043086457     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077912     Document Type: Article

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